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JoeWest
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 Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 10:39 pm Post subject: SSI not executing a CGI script |
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Hi, I create CGI Scripts as borland C++ console applications and have no problem executing them as cgi scripts. I created a script counter.exe and wanted to call it from an SSI.
If I use:
<!-- #include virtual="/cgi_bin/counter.exe" --> I get a binary dump of the file inserted in the shtm page.
If I use:
<!-- #exec cmd="/cgi_bin/counter.exe" --> the scrip is not executed, but the comment is removed from the source!
Why does the script not execute? I can run it locally or as a normal script, but not as a SSI. I put a beep in the script so I know it has been executed.
What do I need to return from the script to use it in an SSI I currently return "<p>You are visitor number X</p>" (not the quotes). Is this correct? |
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JoeWest
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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Additional:
Abyss web server opens a DOS console on the server (it does not do this for any other script) and closes it again without executing the application/script. |
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JoeWest
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:23 am Post subject: |
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Additional Additional!
Forget the #exec cmd problem above this was a read herring I should RTFM.
However I can only embed the file not execute it.
I have added EXE as a CGI file type although I use the windows registry setting to do this normally for CGI scripts!
Any help?
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aprelium
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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Try browsing http://127.0.0.1/cgi_bin/counter.exe . What do you get?
If you get error 500, the counter is breaking the CGI spec and you should fix your code. Generally, to make a program conform to CGI add some headers in the beginning. The bare minimum is:
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printf("Content-type: text/html\n\n");
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If the counter isn't executed (you get a download screen, or some code dump) this means that the virtual path /cgi_bin/ wasn't declared as a CGI Path. Go to the CGI Parameters and and add /cgi_bin/ as a CGI Path.
.exe files are executed as CGI if in one of the CGI Paths. No other setting is required (no registry, nothing) to make them work.
If your http://127.0.0.1/cgi_bin/counter.exe runs correctly, then
| Code: | | <!-- #include virtual="/cgi_bin/counter.exe" --> |
should work fine.[/code]
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JoeWest
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 8:38 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
Thanks for the reply and a great program. I too publish free software into the public domain for use in creating DVD subtitles.
The problem was that I was not including /cgi_bin/ as a CGI directory, so your advice has fixed that!
You may not be the person to ask, but how do you pop-up a password box such as when you are accessing a secured virtual directory?
I would like to put this into my scripts!
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aprelium
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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| JoeWest wrote: |
You may not be the person to ask, but how do you pop-up a password box such as when you are accessing a secured virtual directory?
I would like to put this into my scripts!
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We cannot gove you immediatly a code snippet but such a code return satus 401 back to the client to start the authentication. It should process the received password later.
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